Hey there! We're mood altar, a team of nonfiction filmmakers who tell underrepresented stories through documentary film and series.
We use a variety of ethical, open-source, and original models to create neural animations, restore damaged archival, or stylize original footage.
Laura Fong
Laura Fong is a producer, cinematographer, and editor with more than six years long-form and breaking news experience at PBS Newshour Weekend, where she has reporting experience on U.S. politics, education, the arts, and urban transit. Laura's previous work includes producing the first three seasons of the CNN documentary series 'Inside Man Morgan Spurlock' as the lead researcher and archivist.
Most recently, she produced two half-hour documentaries for NJ PBS series Treasures of New Jersey.As a Teach for America corps member, Laura was a first grade teacher in Houston. She has a B.A from the University of Oregon's journalism school.
Alex Clark
Alex Clark is a journalist, cinematographer, and documentary filmmaker with 15 years' experience editing and producing web series and documentary films. He's launched and managed YouTube channels for The Root, Splinter News, NowThis, and Video Consortium, and has contributed to numerous documentary films for PBS and independent productions. Recently, Alex hosted Vox's Emmy-nominated series, Glad You Asked, was a contributing editor to the feature documentary The Picture Taker (ITVS), and co-produced/ filmed Crypto Decoded (PBS NOVA).
Alex is a graduate of and adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.